Sunday, January 5, 2020

Last night I went to bed just after 11pm, took a Trazadone and half a Zopiclona, got up once during the night, finally waking at 6:15 and getting up at 6:45.  I’m still not convinced the Trazadone is benefitting my sleep.

Jose answered my email that he has been sick so it’s up in the air as to whether he will be well enough to play chess on Tuesday.

I left the apt at 7:45 and had a 15 minute wait for a bus.  Glenn texted me that the new café, Macanas at Carrera 34 #7-100, was under construction so we met again at Ganso & Castor Café.  

James wasn’t with him because he is nursing a sore ankle.  We had our usual American breakfast with coffee for about $10 then we moved to Pergamino Café.  We spent quite a bit of time discussing my Firestick and how it does or doesn’t work.  Someone said that Rob Abshear is not to be trusted so first I’ll try to figure out how it works on my own when it arrives.  We shared a taxi and I got out at Viva Envigado.  I had some chess notes printed and it appears Auros charges more per page on Sundays.  I bought a general seating ticket to Jewell for 6,500 pesos.  I cashed in 150 of my accumulated points for a small popcorn and small soda.

Including me, there were 12 people in the audience but I enjoyed the movie quite a bit.  Per the movie, Richard Jewell got shafted by the FBI and the press.

I went downstairs to Todo Fresa where I had a café con leche while solving another set of chess puzzles.  I was happy to see they are back to paper sugar tubes instead of plastic.  Nice to see that customer complaints are addressed.

I saw on the internet that the Saints lost to the Vikings; Chuck is going to be very disappointed.

Teresa returned at 5:30.  She said they had to stand up in the bus on the way there but they got seats on the way back.

We ordered chicken wings from Go Wings.

Per my Accuweather app we’re supposed to have high temperatures of 85-87 degrees for the next week.

6,783 steps today.

Joke of the day

A nun and a priest were traveling across the desert and realized halfway across that the camel they were using for transportation was about to die.

They set up a make-shift camp, hoping someone would come to their rescue, but to no avail. Soon the camel died.

After several days of not being rescued, they agreed that they were not going to be rescued.

They prayed a lot (of course), and they discussed their predicament in great depth.

Finally, the priest said to the nun, "you know sister, I am about to die, and there's always been one thing I've wanted here on earth--to see a woman naked. Would you mind taking off your clothes so I can look at you?"

The nun thought about his request for several seconds and then agreed to take off her clothes.

As she was doing so, she remarked, "Well, Father, now that I think about it, I've never seen a man naked, either. Would you mind taking off your clothes, too?"

With little hesitation, the priest also stripped.

Suddenly the nun exclaimed, "Father! What is that little thing hanging between your legs?"

The priest patiently answered, "That, my child, is a gift from God. If I put it in you, it creates a new life."

"Well," responded the nun, "forget about me. Stick it in the camel!"